History of Science

Every moment of every day we live in a world created by science. But the story of how we got here is much more than the simple tale of breakthroughs, genius and men jumping out of baths shouting 'Eureka! Each episode of History of Science starts with a disarmingly simple question that everyone asks, and then delves into the past, uncovering human stories and recreating the great experiments of t

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